A beautiful ( and gigantic) infographic that recaps the journey of mobility in 2013. An overview of major changes and highlights in the mobile world, devices, platforms, app stores, mobile vendors, stats, insights and more.

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APP STORE CROSSES 40 BILLION
DOWNLOADS
2013
APPLE GETS PATENT FOR AUGMENTED
REALITY SYSTEM FOR IOS DEVICES.
JAN
MAR
APP STORE MARKS HISTORIC
50 BILLIONTH DOWNLOAD.
APPLE UNVEILS iOS7.
JUN
MAY
GOOGLE RELEASES
ANDROID DEVICE MANAGER.
APPLE UNVIELS
iPHONE 5S AND iPHONE 5C
AUG
SEP
Android Kitkat
iPAD AIR AND iPAD MINI WITH RETINA
DISPLAY LAUNCHED, GOOGLE LAUNCHES
ANDROID 4.4 KITKAT & NEXUS 5.
OCT
BLACKBERRY REPLACES THORSTEN HEINS
WITH NEW INTERIM CEO JOHN S. CHEN.
APPLE SIGNS IPHONE DEAL WITH
CHINA MOBILE.
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NOV
DEC
2014
THETHE GROWTH STORY
GROWTH STORY
1.81 BILLION
GLOBAL MOBILE SALES
A 3.4% INCREASE FROM 2012
1 BILLION
GLOBAL SMARTPHONE SALES
A 39.3% INCREASE FROM 2012
221.3 MILLION
GLOBAL TABLET SALES
A 59.3% INCREASE FROM 2012
NOTE: PREDICTED NUMBERS
GAINERS & LOSERS
GAINERS &LOSERS
SMARTPHONE MARKET SHARE
Q3
Q3
2012
2013
VS
ANDROID
74.9%
ANDROID
81%
iOS
14.4%
iOS
12.9%
WINDOWS
2%
WINDOWS
3.6%
BLACKBERRY
4.1%
BLACKBERRY
1.7%
OTHERS
4.5%
OTHERS
0.6%
TABLET MARKET SHARE
Q3
Q3
2012
2013
VS
ANDROID
52%
ANDROID
60.8%
iOS
45.6%
iOS
35%
WINDOWS
0.9%
WINDOWS
3.4%
OTHERS
1.4%
OTHERS
0.8%
MOBILE APP STORE BREAKDOWN
PAID DOWNLOADS
REVENUE
2012
63,985
57,331
6,654
$18 BILLION
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$26 BILLION
TOTAL DOWNLOADS
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2013
2013
2012
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Sources:
Gartner, IDC and StatCounter Global Stats
Presented by:
WORLD CLASS MOBILE APPS